Ukrainian Minister of Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin said that for the first time the Ukrainian Armed Forces used an improvised air defense (air defense) system consisting of Soviet and Western elements. RBC-Ukraine reports this.
According to him, the system was used against drones. Kamyshin emphasized that the Ukrainian side “has about five such projects in this portfolio.”
The minister added that developing a new air defense system could take years, so Kiev is combining Soviet and Western technologies.
The publication suggests that in this case we are talking about the joint US-Ukraine FrankenSAM program.
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